Parts of social media giant Facebook have signed up to the EU-US Privacy Shield, a new EU data pact that allows US technology companies to transfer EU citizens’ personal information across the Atlantic. Two areas of Facebook’s business are covered by the Privacy Shield Principles; Workplace by Facebook, a brand new company-specific version of Facebook […]
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday urged Congress to take action on a #bill that would extend certain #data privacy rights to citizens of the European Union, following a high court decision that lambasted U.S. surveillance practices. “In support of the critical, collaborative relationship that the U.S. has with the EU, it is more important […]
A European court on Tuesday tossed out a long-standing agreement between the United States and European Union over how private data handled by Facebook and other companies can be exchanged, inflaming transatlantic trade tensions. The European Court of Justice’s ruled that U.S. companies can’t be assumed to meet #eu standards for keeping data private following […]
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